gobbet

1 9.9

A small piece of raw meat

noun
/ˈɡɑːbɪt/

Archaic

: trozo

During the hike, they discovered gobbets of soft cheese hidden in their bags.
gobbet of flesh
gobbets of fat

Examples

The chef placed gobbets of marinated fish onto the grill.
Gobbets of fat and so on.

Fiction book (2001)
To make matters worse, there were gobbets of blood splattered all over him; the poor schmuck was drenched in it.

Fiction book (2002)
Little gobbets of water jumped from the spout, leaping about on the hob like dervishes before disappearing in wafts of gray.

Fiction book (1995)
He found a gobbet of raw meat on the kitchen counter.

Synonyms

filet

vsgobbet

32 3.9

A boneless piece of meat or fish prepared for cooking

is a raw small chunk not a prepared boneless slice

cantel

vsgobbet

Archaic

9.9

A small piece of food like bread or cheese

is a small irregular lump rather than a neat slice

How Big

slab

87 3.3

hunk

50 2.5

to chunk

1 3.2

gobbet

Archaic

1 9.9

morsel

28 3.2

Surface Forms

gobbet singular

gobbets plural

Morphology

gobbet = gob (semi-transparent) = gob + et

Formed from 'gob' + diminutive-like suffix '-et'; the basic sense 'small lump' is inferable but the suffix is a borrowed, less productive element that may be unfamiliar to learners.

Etymology

Gobbet comes from the old French word gobet, which meant 'a small piece', and is linked to English words like gobble ('to eat quickly') and gob ('mouth'). So a gobbet is a little lump or mouthful of meat — a small chunk you could almost gobble in one bite.